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N "" C'\.' ~. DEPARTMENT of 'he~TE"~ new s~~ I tt~,~d,W~ (', "'.'. ... J, .7/<'1' .......,. ,........;'/..,. '-. ~ _j _ ~,/ (:0;. .J. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION - Arizona Projects Office, Phoenix, Ariz6~~~~f~, '~,fJ1~ ',.,..{),,,- W -. ", .f,::-. ..-~I<i~ 'A~, /'; II er 18, 1983 Bob Wa 1 sh - (602) 261-432;'<C~~~;-0 Tom C1 ark - (602) 258-0745 9.:) ~ G~;v~ FIRST CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT AGRICULTURAL WATER DELIVERY CONTRACT SIGNED A milestone in the long history of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) was reached today with signing of the first non-Indian agriculture water service subcontract for delivery of project water. The subcontract was approved by the Central Arizona Water Conservation District Board of Directors at its November 3rd board meeting and by Interior Assistant Secretary Garrey Carruthers on November 16, 1983. At a brief ceremony in Phoenix, Arizona, the contract was signed by Bill Plummer, Regional Director for the Bureau of Reclamation, which is building the CAP; Dale Shumway, Board President of the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD), which will operate and maintain the project after it is completed and reimburse the Federal Government for construction costs; and Frank Rogers, President of the Harquaha1a Valley Irrigation District (HVID), which will receive CAP water. HVID is the first non-Indian entity allocated CAP water to sign a water delivery subcontract, which specifies terms for delivery and payment of the water over a 50-year period. The agricultural al10ttees, of which there are 22, who sign the contract will pay $2 per acre-foot for water delivery, plus project operati~~'iAt~ and replacement costs. These costs are currently estimated \:.._~3 P~~_,,-foot of water. Plummer and Shumway noted that the contract signing culminates years of dedicated effort on the part of the Department of the Interior and the Central Arizona Water Conservation District and potential subcontractors to develop an acceptable form of contract. "Discussions on the language and terms of this particular contract began in 1976," they said. "It is gratifying to have it finalized and begin the contracting process for water delivery." Contract forms will be provided by CAWCD to the remaining 21 agricultural districts allocated CAP water. The districts have 6 months in which to sign the contract. If they decide not to do so, the water they were allotted will be reallocated. Several agricultural districts are expected to sign the contracts soon, according to Shumway. (more)